pulsometer

[ puhl-som-i-ter ]

noun

1. a pulsimeter.
2. a pump without pistons, utilizing the pressure of steam and the partial vacuum caused by the condensation of steam alternately in two chambers.

pulsometer

/ pʌlˈsɒmɪtə /

noun

1. another name for pulsimeter
2. a vacuum pump that operates by steam being condensed and water admitted alternately in two chambers

Word History and Origins

Origin of pulsometer¹

First recorded in 1855–60; pulse ¹ + -o- + -meter

Example Sentences

When Ivy was working as a nurse, her most important possessions were a fob watch, a pulsometer and a treatment book and bath book, in which details of a patient's care were written by hand.

From BBC

Pulsā′tor, a pulsometer: a jigging-machine, used in South African diamond-digging.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

During the next month I got acquainted with "Scar Face" Hopkins, who was a first-class fellow, with a hand-clasp like a polar bear, a heart like a steam pulsometer, and a face that looked as if it might have been used for the butting post at the end of the world.

From Project Gutenberg

Your pump would beat the best pulsometer ever put into a mine.

From Project Gutenberg

During the next month I got acquainted with "Scar Face" Hopkins, who was a first-class fellow, with a hand-clasp like a polar bear, a heart like a steam pulsometer, and a face that looked as if it might have been used for the butting post at the end of the world.

From Project Gutenberg